Traditional Toys Research Articles

Toys for infants and toddlers: An analytical study

Introduction: Play is essential for child development as it contributes to their cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being. Toys are the primary medium of engagement of caregivers with their children. Traditionally, physical toys were provided to the children. With the introduction of digital toys and screen-based devices, the challenge has been to recognize their effect.Objectives: To assess the practice of toys in infants and toddlers, determine associated health risks and determine the appropriateness of toys as per age.Results: With traditional toys, 74% played with dolls, 72% with soft toys and 5% with outdoor equipment; 53% spent <1 hour, 31% 1-2 hours and 15% >2 hours playing with traditional toys. With digital toys, 61% parents owned 1-3 digital devices, 23.1% 4-6 devices and 15% >6 devices. Almost 92% of children were exposed to mobile screen, 47% to television screen and 42% to tablet. In 77% cases, parents were the principal interactor with child and 15% were solitary play oriented.Conclusions: Almost 50% of traditional toys were not age appropriate. Regarding digital toys, screen time was not safe in 100% in <2-year-old and only 31% safe in 2–3- year age group.

Beyond play: a comparative study of multi-sensory and traditional toys in child education

As educational paradigms evolve, the integration of multi-sensory theory into the design of children’s educational toys presents a promising avenue for enhancing learning experiences. This paper explores the efficacy of multi-sensory toys in improving children’s attraction, interest, and learning efficiency through a systematic review and a pilot empirical study. The study specifically assesses the hypothesis that multi-sensory educational toys significantly increase children’s engagement and learning outcomes compared to traditional toys. Conducted with a diverse group of children aged 3–6 in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, China, the research employs both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, including engagement metrics and observational studies. The findings suggest that multi-sensory toys not only hold the potential to augment learning experiences but also require careful consideration of individual learning styles and preferences. The paper concludes with a discussion on the implications for future research and toy design, emphasizing the need for continued innovation and personalization in the development of educational toys to cater to the multifaceted needs of young learners.

Implementation of Interactive Books Based on Local Wisdom and STEAM as Creative Learning in Islamic Early Childhood Education

<p><em>This research aims to investigate the implementation of interactive books based on local wisdom and STEAM as a creative learning tool in Islamic Early Childhood Education, through a case study method. The study was conducted at KB-TA Amanah Bunda Lawang, Malang, focusing on the local wisdom of East Javanese language and the theme of creating traditional toys for children. Data were obtained through observations, where 80% of the students were observed learning through interactive books using the STEAM approach, and 90% of the students actively engaged in creating loose part toys after the book was read. Furthermore, feedback from the students and teachers indicated that there is a need to synchronize the illustrations and text in the STEAM interactive book. These findings provide valuable insights into the effectiveness and further development needs regarding the implementation of interactive books based on local wisdom and STEAM in KB-TA Amanah Bunda Lawang. The research recommendations include the development of more visually integrated and culturally relevant STEAM interactive books, as well as the use of teaching methods that support children's creativity and active participation.</em></p>

Contact-electrification enabled water-resistant triboelectric nanogenerators as demonstrator educational appliances

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) work on the principle of tribo and contact electrification, which is a common phenomenon observed in daily life. TENGs are moving closer to commercialization, particularly for small scale energy harvesting and self-powered sensing. The toys and games industry has attracted a large audience recently with the introduction of digital toys. In this paper we embedded TENGs to power up a toy and operate during its specific application. We have modified two potential electronic demonstrator applications using TENG for lobster toy (LT-TENG) and stress ball (SB-TENG) device. The LT-TENG device generates a maximum electrical response of 60 V/2 µA, with a power of 55 µW and power density of 0.065 µW m−2 at a load resistance value of 10 MΩ. Similarly, the SB-TENG device made of aluminum and PDMS as the triboelectric layers generates a maximum electrical output response of 800 V and 4 µA peak to peak current with an instantaneous power of 6 mW and a power density of 3.5 mW m−2 respectively at a load resistance of 10 MΩ. In addition, the layers of the TENGs are packed with polyethylene to maintain the performance of the nanogenerator under harsh environmental conditions, especially with humid environments. The water resistance studies proved that the packed SB-TENG is impervious to water. The LT-TENG device is accompanied by four LEDs, and the device lights up upon actuating the handle. The SB is connected with the measuring instrument to record the quantity of force at which the SB is pressed. The adopted approach paves the way to convert these traditional toys into battery-free electronic designs and its commercialization.

Children’s Digital and Non-Digital Play Practices with Cozmo, the Toy Robot

Children’s Digital and Non-Digital Play Practices with Cozmo, the Toy Robot

“My Little Influencer”

“My Little Influencer”

Learning physics at home: The utilization of Indonesian traditional toys for studying

The concept of physics still brings difficulty to elementary students, especially when they have to learn it individually or with their parents. The materials that need analysis and critical thinking make them unable to solve the problems related to natural science. This community service program was conducted at a study group in Malang and was aimed to improve the student’s understanding of the concept of physics with Indonesian traditional toys. The observation was conducted to find out the problems faced by the students and the assistant of learning who assists them in learning physics. The community service program includes the classification of the toys based on the physics concept being learnt, the use of the toys as learning media and learning sources for students, and student’s understanding of the physics concept through traditional toys. These activities were conducted to focus students' learning in a fun way and train students to analyze phenomena that occur around them.

The Impact of Traditional Toys on the Character Value of Creation of Karsa Children, Karanganyar Village, Jepara

This study aims to find out how the impact of traditional children’s toys on the value of the creative character of the sense of initiative of children in Karanganyar village, Jepara. In this study, the method used is qualitative, and the research data presented is in the form of narrative data. Data collection techniques in this study were conducted using interviews, observation, recording, and documentation. The data analysis technique in this study is a qualitative analysis developed by Miles and Huberman, which is carried out with the following steps: (a) data reduction (b) data presentation (c) conclusion. The results show that playing with traditional toys has an impact on the value of the creative character of the sense of initiative in Karanganyar children which is characterized by being able to develop aspects of critical or creative thinking, developing aspects of feeling of heart responses from the sense including being able to feel and appreciate, then develop the ability to will. Or real action.

Surveying Parents of Preschool Children about Digital and Analogue Play and Parent–Child Interaction

The addition of digital toys to the child's toy box has resulted in the development of the new 'digital play', which differs from analogue play. Research shows that digital toys are available from infancy onwards and are significantly changing the way children engage in play and communicate with parents during play. How this influences the child's development must be established. The choice of toys and the manner in which they are used depend greatly on the parents. In the present study, parents' opinions and experiences of their child's digital and analogue play were explored in order to gain insight into the parents' perceptions of the impact of different types of play on their child's development. We were particularly interested in the differences in a child's engagement with a toy and the child-parent interaction and communication. In this descriptive study, we administered a questionnaire in order to collect data from 306 parents of children of an average age of 3.6 years. The results show that parents perceived traditional toys as the most stimulating toys for a toddler's sensory, motor, cognitive, and socio-emotional development. During analogue play, significantly more parent-child interaction, as well as more language input from parents and toddlers, occurred. Parents also used different intervention and mediation strategies with different types of toys.

Hubungan Antara Tuntutan Kerja dan Burnout dengan Motivasi Kerja Sebagai Moderator Pada Karyawan Kalangan Generasi Z di DKI Jakarta

Generation Z comes at a time when the internet and information technology are developing rapidly as an attraction that replaces traditional toys in the era of the generation before them. Gen Z, who is aged, has just stepped into work, has high work motivation, their high motivation is accompanied by high performance. . This study aims to determine the role of work demands on employee burnout, especially generation Z in DKI Jakarta, with work motivation as a moderator. This research measures burnout using the burnout assessment tool by de Beek et al., job demands using the Job Demands Scale by Bekker & Demerouti, and work motivation using the Herzberg scale. This study involved 271 respondents with 117 men and 154 women. This study used a quantitative approach, data collection was carried out using a purposive sampling technique for Gen Z in DKI Jakarta. Hypothesis testing using SPSS with the Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) method, where the results of testing the three variables obtained a value of t = 4.561 and a sig. = 0.000 > 0.05. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant correlation and relationship between work demands and burnout, as well as work motivation which can act as a moderator in the relationship between work demands and burnout.

Efforts to Preserve Woven Art by Utilizing Pet Rope Waste at “Cemoro Pitu Nganyam Budoyo” Event in Dayu Village, Karanganyar

This research was conducted in the village of Dayu, Gondangrejo District, Karanganyar Regency by promoting regional culture. The activities carried out were themed with the name Cemoro Pitu Nganyam Budoyo which aims to promote the tourism potential of Dayu village to the public. In addition, this activity is an increase in the strategy or efforts of the Dayu village government to develop cultural potential, which at the same time provides space for the community to improve the economy through marketing local culture such as culinary, crafts, agricultural products, and others. The methods carried out are in the form of committee formation, location determination, floor plan design, and event concept, progress of activity design, marketing and publication, implementation, and sustainable empowerment programs. KKNT students also participated in the event committee along with youths from Dayu village, the head of Grenjeng hamlet. Determining the plan design needs to pay attention to several things related to the concept of the event including the location of the main stage, invited guests, culinary tourism spots, visitor selfie spots, children's play spots (traditional toys), off road spots, free spots. Cultural market activities and pet rope workshops provide sustainable benefits for the Dayu community in addition to Cemoro Pitu which can become a new tourist destination, pet ropes can open up opportunities to increase the community's economy and new jobs. The work of pet ropes made by the Dayu community can support the village program, namely Dayu as a tourist village by making pet rope creations as typical souvenirs.

Socio-cultural analysis on a textbook Grow with English for students of elementary schools

Indonesian culture is often connected with the reality of life and it appears on textbook Grow with English. This research aims to analyze the representation of Indonesian culture on Grow with English textbook for third grade of elementary school. The problems of the research are the teacher only focuses on theory or language itself, without recognizing another aspect inside the textbook that is socio-cultural aspect. Students have difficultly to know Indonesian culture that appears on the English textbook. This research was descriptive qualitative by which the researcher interprets of Indonesian culture in the data of word and description from picture. The findings showed that there were various illustrations that indicated Indonesian culture, the characters’ name indicated of origin, traditional attribute that indicated of religion, traditional home living, traditional food, traditional toys and game, the last about physical appearance of the character and it is indicated socio-cultural aspect. Furthermore, for teachers who are interested in doing similar research, this research will be reference, it is appropriate English textbook for elementary school and as contribution to comprehend that Indonesian culture appears on Grow with English textbook and recommended to use it continually.
 Keywords: socio-cultural; textbook; students of elementary school

Electronic Toys Decrease the Quantity and Lexical Diversity of Spoken Language Produced by Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Age-Matched Children With Typical Development.

Many young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have language delays. Play-based interactions present a rich, naturalistic context for supporting language and communication development, but electronic toys may compromise the quality of play interactions. This study examined how electronic toys impact the quantity and lexical diversity of spoken language produced by children with ASD and age-matched children with typical development (TD), compared to traditional toys without electronic features. Twenty-eight parent-child dyads (14 per group) played with both electronic and traditional toy sets in a counter-balanced order. We transcribed child speech during both play sessions and derived the number of utterances and number of different word (NDW) roots per minute that children produced. Children with ASD and children with TD talked significantly less and produced significantly fewer unique words during electronic toy play than traditional toy play. In this way, children appear to take a “backseat” to electronic toys, decreasing their communicative contributions to play-based social interactions with their parents. These findings highlight the importance of understanding how toy type can affect parent-child play interactions and the subsequent learning opportunities that may be created. Play-based interventions for children with ASD may be most effective when they incorporate traditional toys, rather than electronic toys.

Gender Dysphoria. General Theoretical Considerations and Bioethical Aspects of Medical Treatment

The concept of being transgender or gender variant goes back to Asia and India where there was a third recognized gender, Hijra. More recently, there has been a significant increase in the awareness of people who are not comfortable with the sex assigned to them at birth and who choose to assume gender roles of the opposite sex, and even resort to medical treatments or surgery to change their sex. assigned in the opposite sex. In recent centuries, this topic has been treated differently, for example, in 1972 an educational book for children, William's Doll, was published by an influential American writer, Charlotte Zolotow, about a boy, William, who desperately wants a doll. to love despite his father's persistent desire to play with traditional male toys. In addition, over the next four decades, children's books have been developed on this topic, such as how to approach boys who wanted to wear dresses. To understand this disorder in the broader context of sexual disorders, we first ask ourselves: What is gender dysphoria? As a general definition, gender dysphoria can be presented as a condition that causes a person discomfort or suffering because there is a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity. Or, as otherwise defined, a condition in which the gender of a person assigned at birth and the gender with which he identifies are incongruent. (Davy, 2018). Until the adoption of the ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases Review 11) by the WHO, it was called a sexual identity disorder and later the condition was renamed and moved from the Mental and Behavioral Disorders section to get rid of the stigma associated with the term disorder. Along the same lines, in the 5th edition of the Handbook of Diagnosis and Statistics of Mental Disorders, the American Psychiatric Association changed the diagnosis of gender identity disorder into Gender Dysphoria (DG). In the literature, this initiative has been praised, precisely for excluding the term “disorder” (Davy, The DSM-5 and the Politics of Diagnosing Transpeople, 2015). Keywords: gender, gender dysphoria, treatment.

Opportunities and Challenges of Toy Manufacturing Sector in India

This article studies the opportunities and challenges that persist for the Toy Manufacturing sector in India. India is named for its traditional toy a year back history of 5000 years. The industry gives more employment opportunities and provides more revenue to the people who depend on it. But due to the change in liking of traditional toys, patterns and innovation of Chinese toys create a great deal of trouble to the Indian manufacturers. The study is essential in estimating the opportunities and challenges available in the toy manufacturing sectors in India. The study adopts the literature survey approach, mainly from various agencies' reports and news from the websites. The at manirbar mantra, Covid 19 influence, Global scenarios link shows significant opportunities for toy manufacturing sectors. Challenges are found to be in the availability of foreign toys, increased import duty on raw material and capital goods, and introduction of quality standards in Toy Production.

Традиционные детские игрушки у туркмен

Traditional toys and various handcrafted items constitute an important part of the children’s world. Toys are not just fun, but also an important element in the upbringing and development of the child. With the help of toys, children learn about the world around them, learn to establish social ties, and prepare themselves for adulthood. Archaeological finds demonstrate that children’s toys were made on the territory of Turkmenistan already in the Bronze Age and their production continued into the Middle Ages. Miniature bows and arrows, slings, guns and sabers were usually made for boys. Children weaved bird nets and made animal traps. They also created toy tools of trade for the household. Toys imitate weddings and other celebrations accompanied by playing miniature musical instruments. Girls mainly made dolls, as well as household items and utensils. Animal figurines occupy a distinct place in the group of toys. In the past, doll toys were also made for ritual ceremonies: curing diseases or calling the rain. The production of traditional toys continued until the beginning of the 20th century. Information about toys production has been preserved in Turkmen folk tales and beliefs.

The Influence of Smartphone Games on Students’ Self-Concept

Children begin to understand the world from birth, gradually recognizing their existence. On interaction with their surrounding environments, they begin to recognize themselves and gradually develop self-concepts. With the advancement in technology, smartphones have become an indispensable daily necessity. The age at which a child handles a smartphone is gradually decreasing. Many traditional toys are increasingly being replaced by smartphone games, which have become an essential part of children’s lives. This study attempts to understand the impact of smartphone games on the development of children’s self-concept. Using the Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale, a questionnaire survey was conducted among students of grades 3 and 4 in elementary school.

Still looking for new ways to play and learn… Expert perspectives and expectations for interactive toys

The use of interactive, smart and connected toys is expected to increase rapidly with many claiming not only new ways to play, but also to have educational benefits. However, there is a lack of evidence to support such claims and the purpose of the current analysis was to gather expert opinion about interactive toys for play and learning. In-depth interviews with 15 experts from technology corporates, stakeholder organizations and academia using a semi-structured interview protocol were conducted. The audio transcripts were coded using a Template Analysis approach with the key themes being educational utility, learning, play, and children with disabilities. The text visualization revealed that experts perceived high educational effectiveness of interactive toys. Apart from the educational value, experts also spoke about the benefits of interactive toys in entertaining the children of busy parents, privacy, security and integrative features of smart toys. This study demonstrates that for experts’ interactive toys have higher perceived educational value than traditional toys or other forms of play although this is an intuition or an insight rather than based on direct evidence to support this view. From the analysis and interpretation, we identified three main recommendations (1) the need for interactive toys to provide a safe, secure and private way to play and learn; (2) increased research, experimentation and investigation to explore interactive toy claims and potential; and (3) increased interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration and innovation.

SOCIAL INNOVATION IN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP POST COVID -19: A STUDY OF UNORGANISED SECTOR WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MSME’s TOY CLUSTERS IN M.P.

This study is dedicated to Indian women`s mother`s day, who is representing unorganized sectors yet dedicated indirectly to revive the Indian economy since civilizations developed on blue planet, POST COVID -19, Pandemic brought changes in entrepreneurship strategies, eradicate hunger, poverty etc. not for means of profit for survival also bring harmony among Indian human society. Under post pandemic scenario, she presents herself as brand ambassador of her skills. So she needs to volunteer herself. As school children currently reeling under monotony and boredom due to uncertain lockdown at home, no physical activities during this period .So need to lure school children towards traditional toys also Indian Government also take initiatives to boost the morale of unorganized women artisans, wooden & mechanical ,electronic toys technicians, hand and machine manufacturing toys workers poses individually as new startup entrepreneurs by registering themselves under women start incubators MSME`S .Recently Government of India gave permission to form toy clusters at tehsils, district, village level, in order to revive economy & encounter dragon toys ,boost global exports from Local to Global, in order enhance Indian GDP through participation in virtual Global Markets. In nut shell, saving and honing the skills & selling the handmade toys, ecofriendly colors symbolize traditional Indian culture through E-Commerce, Virtual market (VM). As distribution of kits, money transfer into skilled migratory workers bank account by government is not a permanent solution. So need arises to save toy craftsmen, skilled technicians as a link between global customers & rural skilled women played significant role asentrepreneurs to sell their products from home through EPCS sponsored, INDIAN TOY show virtually “NAMASTE INDIA “held in Singapore virtually, through social women entrepreneurs successfully displaying their hand made products in World Trade Centre (WTC) in Washington, New york city with kind help from FIEO, Indian Embassy etc.

SOCIAL INNOVATION IN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP POST COVID -19, A STUDY OF UNORGANIZED SECTOR WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MSME`S TOY CLUSTERS IN M.P.

This study is dedicated to Indian women`s mother`s day, who is representing unorganized sectors yet dedicated indirectly to revive the Indian economy since civilizations developed on blue planet, POST COVID -19, Pandemic brought changes in entrepreneurship strategies, eradicate hunger, poverty etc., not for means of profit for survival also bring harmony among Indian human society. Under post pandemic scenario, she presents herself as brand ambassador of her skills. So, she needs to volunteer herself. As school children currently reeling under monotony and boredom due to uncertain lockdown at home, no physical activities during this period .So need to lure school children towards traditional toys also Indian Government also take initiatives to boost the morale of unorganized women artisans, wooden & mechanical ,electronic toys technicians, hand and machine manufacturing toys workers poses individually as new startup entrepreneurs by registering themselves under women start incubators MSME`S .Recently Government of India gave permission to form toy clusters at tehsils, district, village level, in order to revive economy & encounter dragon toys ,boost global exports from Local to Global, in order enhance Indian GDP through participation in virtual Global Markets. In nutshell, saving and honing the skills & selling the handmade toys, ecofriendly colors symbolize traditional Indian culture through E-Commerce, Virtual market (VM). As distribution of kits, money transfer into skilled migratory workers bank account by government is not a permanent solution. So need arises to save toy craftsmen, skilled technicians as a link between global customers & rural skilled women played significant role as entrepreneurs to sell their products from home through EPCS sponsored, INDIAN TOY show virtually “NAMASTE INDIA “held in Singapore virtually, through social women entrepreneurs successfully displaying their hand made products in World Trade Centre(WTC) in Washington, New york city with kind help from FIEO , Indian Embassy etc.